The latest Cedex report finds the total amount of electricity supplied by Australia’s coal-fired generators at its lowest level in the history of the NEM. But while the report links the introduction of the carbon price to falling emissions and rising renewables output, the reduced demand for coal looks more like the new normal.

New research from UNSW shows that a medium-level carbon price of between $50-$100 would be sufficient to see all fossil-fuelled power stations in Australia’s National Electricity Market phased out and replaced ‘economically and reliably’ with commercially available renewable energy technologies.

Origin is not in the market for any new wind farms; rooftop solar is changing demand profiles, although its own installations have fallen sharply; Origin’s experience with cutting-edge technologies has been painful; better renewables opportunities lie overseas; and the RET review is good.